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So much for the promises that streaming video would give the Long Tail unavailable on DVD!
DVD catalogue is bigger than all streaming combined.
See also promises regarding eBooks and POD. The Big Five publishers are pathetic at long tail of stuff in copyright. They'd rather charge new release prices for stuff in the Public Domain that's very well known.
The attempt in Ireland & UK to stop Sky having a monopoly hurt football fans, in Ireland they then needed THREE subscription services to get all their matches.
A Pay TV platform owner should not own channels or have exclusive content. That's like only one supermarket has beans and only one different one has potato. It's worse as it's not pay per content you want (except expensive PPV sport), but subscribe for a year with only options for expensive add-ons.
Also Netflix is STILL selling below cost in most markets to woo people from Satellite and Cable Pay TV. Streaming costs 1000x more for a mass market popular product than Satellite or Cable. It's only cheaper than broadcast for niche content.
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